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Zahra Aminolroaya
Zahra Aminolroaya

Reputation: 520

how to get only the type of Enumerable?

I want to separate IEnumerable variables by their types. My code is like this:

if (type is IEnumerable)
{
    var listGenericType = type.GetType().GetGenericTypeDefinition().Name;
    listGenericType = listGenericType.Substring(0, listGenericType.IndexOf('`'));
    if (listGenericType == "List") {
        //do something
    }

    else if (listGenericType == "HashSet") {
        //do something
    }
}

When I use type.GetType().GetGenericTypeDefinition().Name, the listGenericType is like List`1 or HashSet`1 but I want it like List or HashSet. Thus, I used Substring to handle this issue!

Is there anyway to handle this problem without postProcessing string type? I mean something like below code:

if (type is IEnumerable)
{
    var listGenericType = type.GetType().GetGenericTypeDefinitionWithoutAnyNeedForPostProcessing();
    if (listGenericType == "List") {
        //do something
    }

    else if (listGenericType == "HashSet") {
        //do something
    }
}

Upvotes: 5

Views: 276

Answers (2)

kkyr
kkyr

Reputation: 3845

You don't have to compare it against a string. Since GetGenericTypeDefinition() returns a type, all you have to do is compare it against a type using the typeof operator, as such:

if (type is IEnumerable)
{
    var listGenericType = type.GetType().GetGenericTypeDefinition();

    if (listGenericType == typeof(List<>)) {
        //do something
    }
    else if (listGenericType == typeof(HashShet<>)) {
        //do something
    }
 }

As @nopeflow kindly pointed out below, if your type if not a generic type then GetGenericTypeDefinition() will throw an InvalidOperationException. Make sure you account for that.

Upvotes: 5

danish
danish

Reputation: 5600

Assuming you are looking for Generic types only, I believe this might help you out.

            List<int> someObject = new List<int>();
            Type currentType = someObject.GetType();

            if (currentType.IsGenericType)
            {
                if (currentType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>))
                {
                    // Do something
                }
                else if (currentType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(HashSet<>))
                {
                    // Do something else
                }
            }

Upvotes: 0

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